Yes, I lost money on their system.

So glad to hear it! Three or four fewer crooks on the market until they come up with another scam - as guaranteed as death and taxes unfortunately.

They were busted by the CFTC this month...Steve Symons and Jim Klien AKA Mark Bishop.....BAM!

Yes, there is some truth to that.....how do you know that?

CTI Group just got raided by the U.S. Marshals

Well golly this is the only infomation I could find on CTI with the phone number 323-903-5565 based on our caller id unit.  So they have another number folks.  All they do is listen and then hang up.

Call Type - in my opinion - ANNOYING

I would imagine Mike hung up due to your overabundance of phone charm.
Not a fan of these types of autodialers for that reason  - other dialers do not allow vindictive dolts to keep calling back in. Companies like that probably should have that automated "press 1 to be added to the DNC list" option in the callback number though, which some firms are now using. They would much rather speak with pleasant people, as opposed to yourself, I am sure.

Did you lose money? Using the term "gains" would imply otherwise.

No one from there puts a trojan on your computer. Ridiculous. Apparently Marty the Old School Trader doesn't watch 60 Minutes: most trading in the markets now is automated, and exchanges allow such systems to be housed in close proximity to the trading floor.  And Marty is apparently also ignorant of the fact that the DNC is only violated if it can be shown that the company intentionally called someone who was ALREADY KNOWN by the company to be on the Do Not Call registry.  The law makes provision for honest mistakes. I do believe the lead list providers should do a better job of screening the information against the DNC names, and some do but not all lead brokers are created equal.

Again, not defending that practice here, but usually changing this requires changing to a different autodialer system as some are limited in the settings that can be adjusted.

Here's a Marianne news flash:
Because of bitter Marianne C's obsession with dialing the company's dialer back, she makes it impossible for them to fulfill the DNC request. A normal person would understand that if they are asking for a different person's first and last name than yours when they call, it is because the auto-dialer thinks it has connected to the owner of the number they are seeing on the screen. When you call in then tell them to DNC you, after they have already indicated they are asking for someone with a different name, they have to confirm who you are and your number so they do not DNC the wrong person. You may not want what they are selling, but it is not your legal right or your business to try to force them to DNC someone else's number through, in essence, you committing fraud. Companies using dialers have to deal with idiots (usually drunks) who do exactly this: calling the number back and pretending to be the person whose name is on the screen. Since their number had already disappeared from the screen, their fraud they're perpetrating is pointless. When I was on the phones long ago,  in a galaxy far far away,  I had someone call back AFTER asking to be DNCd (which they already had been, immediately) - angry and upset that the rep didn't stay on to listen to their harangues after the person made threats against the rep. Some of you need medical help.
Try getting out of the house and tossing a Frisbee around instead of wringing your hands over who has called you.

Get a life Marianne. I'm sure the FBI has nothing better to do than listen to you waste their time since you lack the intelligence to know which agency governs what.

And for all the similar whiners & fumers on here, a free gift: when you are called, say this: "I am the owner of this telephone number. Please place me on your permanent Do Not Call list", and wait a little bit. The rep (of any company) should confirm the number you want DNC'd and the correct spelling of your name. Wait for him or her to disconnect. If you hang up too soon the number disappears from their screens. If the person they ask for is decased, say "That person has passed away" etc, not "he is unavailable." Also, if there is a delay in the call connecting initially, saying childishly loudly "HELL-LOOOW!" is of no purpose. You are not yelling at the rep but at a computer, literally.

I got involved with this operation sometime around 2005-2006, when Steve Symonds used to call himself Matrix Trading and sold an emini program for $5,000 or $6,000.  Unfortunately, I did not get exactly what one would call staggering gains.  Have you tried contacting the SEC, the California Commissioner of Corporations or the State Attorney General's office?  Even maybe the local District Attorney?  You'd probably want the Los Angeles County or Orange County D.A. since that's where they're located and even though this case would most likely not be in the D.A.'s scope, they could probably point you in the right direction.  It appears these guys have been doing this a long time and in my humble opinion it goes beyond civil prosecution

You are referring to someone else, perhaps also calling themselves CTI.  This thread is about a group selling an automated trading system.

Hey everyone just figured out who this CTI is ...What is up with these scavengers collections agency and there various phone number bothering people ...This one belongs to  3333 West Arthington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60620. Reported phone numbers used by. CTI Collection ...
Beware of them and report them to the Better Business Bureau, Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General Office...Let stop these people from getting away from violating the Fair Debt Act created to protect us all

These people should be prosecuted.  It's a scam.  They called here using bogus names, when you say you are the person they are looking for, they either go into a b***s*** spiel or just hang up and then when you call them back they use a demon dialer as you are talking to them just to annoy.  Probably a boiler room operation or perhaps even a bunch of prisoners doing call-outs to scam people.  In this economy, you can expect LOTS more of this crap.  Best thing to do is harass your local politicians EVERY DAY until they shut these asshats down.

Dear suckered, my father is 75 and they represented t him he was buying stocks.... got him for $5,500.00, I just sent another  letter to credit card dispute because the conntract the sent the credit card company is not the contract they sent him to sign.. and says it is for $6,000.00 not 5,500. They even said he did the contract online and he still had to pay and provided an IP server number and said it was his but I printed pfoof it was for a server in california and I told the credit card company my father has not been in cali since 1960 so there is no way he could have went online and filled it out filing with the bbb and looking into fbi dont want to see it happen to anyone else..... They use false names they really are symons boys.

This number has been calling us for months and never leaves any messages or talks if we pickup the phone.  Extremely aggravating.  Wish they would stop.

KEEP CALLING THEM BACK.  IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO HANG UP AS THEY KEEP AUTODIALING.
I DID THIS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND TOLD THE IDIOTS OFF.

THEY WILL NEVER CALL AGAIN!!!!

AGAIN......JUST KEEP CALLING AND CURSING THEM OUT.  THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY LISTEN.
WOO HOO

http://www.la.bbb.org/business-reviews/Commod ... ch-CA-100093934

They just called my wife & asked for her. When she said "speaking", they hung up. Whoever it is has been calling for days. Not knowing who it is we had not been answering it.

I answered the phone and he asked for my husband by full name. I said he is not home the caller hung up.

MZ

I am getting calls from this number and they hang up everytime I answer...I am conern.  I am a mature
lady who lives alone.

What do you mean you "used to work there"!? If that's the case why waste your time blogging on the internet? In this age of passionate persecution of the fraudulent aspects of the finance and investment community, why haven't you stepped forward and done your part? You sound like you missed your piece of the pie. Maybe you're even a little disgruntled about something.
Jack a**. I've been system  trading for years successfully. I also know that an illegitimate company or idea will only last for so long and these guys are way beyond that point. Stop poisoning people with your short sided sub par experiences.

I would like to gather data to file suit against CTI-group.  Which means I would like evidence, names, contact info of anyone interested.  

This is their BBB report if you would like to file a complaint.
http://www.la.bbb.org/Business-Report/CTI-100093934

Hello Rick.  I am interested in filing suit against CTI Group.  Is there any information you can give me about the company?  Proof? or Contact info for any others working there?

Spent about an hour on the phone with these guys today. Lots of red flags, especially when they tell you that they are audited by the Secretary of State lol. Yeah sure, like the Secretary of State has enough auditors (never mind the authority) to audit every "technology company" out there. I found the call amusing but I am sorry for the people who get caught by the scam and for those who are being harrassed.

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Since you used to work there then you're one of the D****eads that kept calling me! You probably got fired because you couldnt sell their BS, now you come here trying to side with us. . . . that makes you an even bigger loser. Congrats Joe!

call regularly and do not put me on their 'do not call list' as I request

I called these people and argued with the man as to wether or not he had just called me, when in face i had just called him back. These people call EVERY SINGLE DAY. I am 2 seconds away from going to Los Angeles, finding the office and beating the piss out of somebody. My parents do not need this stress.